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£110m investment in traffic hotspots announced
Traffic hotspots across England have been identified by transport secretary Chris Grayling to receive millions of pounds for junction upgrades, roundabout improvements and better traffic signalling. The schemes, worth about £110m, are intended to cut congestion and journey times for motorists and improve safety. They will be completed by spring ...
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NewsRontec to add 40 more Morrisons stores at its sites
Top 50 Indie Rontec is extending its partnership with Morrisons with plans for a further 40 convenience stores across its sites, but Morrisons’ trial with a second Top 50 Indie, MFG, has been terminated. The new Morrisons Daily stores, which are due to open by the summer, are in addition ...
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Talks to extend Rural Fuel Duty Rebate Scheme
The PRA has held talks with HM Treasury and HMRC about extending the life of Rural Fuel Duty Rebate Scheme at a meeting with HM Treasury and HMRC last week (February 28). With the scheme covering Scottish Islands due to expire at the end of this year, PRA chairman Brian ...
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PRA holds Live and Local meeting in Dartford
Forecourt operators in the South East are being invited by the PRA to a Live and Local meeting at the Hilton Hotel, Dartford, on March 15.The meeting will be taking place at the hotel at Crossways Business Park, Dartford DA2 6QF, with registration from 10am and is due to close ...
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Prolific drive-off offender convicted
A Slough man has been convicted of a range of motoring offences including two counts of making off without payment for petrol, with a further 13 offences of making off without payment taken in to consideration. Stephen Olivieri, of Salt Hill Way, Slough, pleaded guilty at Slough Magistrates’ Court to ...
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NewsChartman Retail reopens West Country forecourt
Residents of Winterbourne Abbas in Dorset, together with local commuters and passing drivers have been celebrating the re-opening of the village forecourt and shop by Top 50 indie Chartman Retail. Situated on the busy A35 between Bridport and Dorchester, the business closed last year and was subsequently sold to ...
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Diesel car sales declining
Diesel car sales continued a steady decline while the overall UK new car market dipped slightly in February, sliding 0.3%, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It said 83,115 vehicles were registered in what is traditionally one of the quietest months of the ...
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Illicit tobacco campaign stepped up
Imperial Tobacco and trade industry body the Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) have responded to the continuing illicit tobacco trade with a new, wholesale-focused instalment in the Suspect it? Report it! campaign. Set to appear imminently across the trade press and in cash and carries across the UK, the poster ...
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NewsChancellor rebuffs calls for fuel duty cut
Chancellor Philip Hammond has rebuffed calls for a reduction in fuel duty in his Budget, and has stuck to the freeze that he announced last autumn. The PRA had given the Treasury a carefully calculated justification for a 3ppl cut in duty, and PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “It is ...
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Valero completes multi-million pound Avonmouth upgrade
Following the completion of its multi-million pound expansion, Valero’s Avonmouth fuel terminal is now delivering all fuel grades to customers in the South West. Capacity has been tripled, with kerosene and gasoil added to the range of Valero products available and increased storage capacity for gasoline and diesel. Valero’s vice ...
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Applegreen buys Birmingham forecourt
Top 50 Indie Applegreen has acquired Circle Garage on Kingstanding Road in Birmingham. John Diviney, managing director of Applegreen UK, commented: “We’re pleased to have completed on our latest site acquisition through Christie & Co showing our continued appetite for the growth of our business. We continue to be keen ...
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Man charged after ATM is blown up
A man has been charged in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM in Oxted, Surrey, on Saturday March 4. The incident happened at the Esso petrol station in High Street, Oxted at 3.37am and a man was later arrested in Godstone Road, Purley. Mason Lyndsey, aged 21, of ...
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RAC welcomes stabilisation in fuel prices
After two months of rises at the pumps, the price of petrol and diesel stabilised in February, according to RAC Fuel Watch data. Unleaded petrol finished the month at 120.23ppl, a fractional increase on the figure of 120.05ppl on February 1, and diesel was 122.25ppl, having started at 122.31p. The ...
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C-store chain stages first trade show
Fast-growing Central Convenience Stores, which includes 15 forecourts among its 100-plus outlets in the south of England, is holding its first trade show, bringing together suppliers, store managers and the Central senior management team. The event, being held in Southampton on March 16, is also intended to give potential franchisees ...
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Asda applies to build two forecourts
Asda has submitted planning applications for two new petrol filling stations (PFSs), with one near its supermarket at Arnold in Nottingham, and the other at its store at Antrim in Northern Ireland. In Nottingham it is proposing to demolish Arnold Police Station, which is 150m from the Asda Supermarket, and ...
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Warning over deadline for alcohol registration scheme
Retailers are being warned there is just one month to go until the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) will require them to check that their wholesalers are approved by HMRC by checking the Unique Reference Number (URN) on their invoices.From April 1, retailers that purchase alcohol from a UK wholesaler ...
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Nisa reveals 40th anniversary plans
Nisa Retail has announced the launch of its 40th Anniversary celebrations. Nisa will mark the occasion with a series of special events and promotions across the year, culminating in a month of Birthday celebrations during October – the actual month the business launched back in 1977. Activity will begin to ...
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NewsPRA presses for 3ppl fuel duty cut in Treasury meeting
The PRA has urged the Chancellor to cut fuel duty by 3ppl in next week’s Budget on 8 March. At a meeting with senior officials at the Treasury this week (February 27), PRA representatives provided detailed arguments for pressing ahead with a fuel duty cut. In their presentation they said: ...
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Dumping diesel could harm fight against CO2
The current government focus on harmful emissions from diesel vehicles could damage attempts to lower the amount of CO2 produced by transport in the UK. This was the warning from the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) after the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) published its latest report on ...
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Moto unveils plans for £40m A1(M) service area
Plans for a £40m development on the A1(M) have been unveiled by motorway service area operator Moto Hospitality. It has applied for planning permission for a service area on land north east of junction 37, where the motorway joins the A635 south of Brodsworth, in South Yorkshire. The development would ...